Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on Its 28th Session, and the Dates, Venue and Provisional Agenda for the 29th Session

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2014.

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

At its 46th plenary meeting, on 16 July 2014, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on its twenty-eighth session;39

(b) Decided that the twenty-ninth session of the Group of Experts would be held in Bangkok from 25 to 29 April 2016;

(c) Requested the Secretary-General to render to the Group of Experts at its twenty-ninth session the assistance necessary, including logistical support, interpretation into all six official languages and other essential resources required to guarantee its success;

(d) Approved the provisional agenda for the twenty-ninth session of the Group of Experts as set out below:

Adoption of the agenda and of the provisional programme of work.

Report of the Chair.

Report of the secretariat of the Group of Experts.

Reports of the divisions.

Report of the liaison officers and international organizations.

Activities relating to the Task Team for Africa.

Implementation of resolutions and activities relating to the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Romanization Systems.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Country Names.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Publicity and Funding.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Exonyms.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Pronunciation.

Activities relating to the Working Group on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage.

Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use.

Other toponymic issues.

Preparation for the Eleventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names.

Review of the statute of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.

Venue and dates of and provisional agenda for the thirtieth session of the Group of Experts.

Adoption of the report of the Group of Experts.

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